Jockey wagon



J. C. RUMSEY JOCKEY WAGON" Oct. 22, 1935. 7

Filed Dec. 14, 1953 INV-ENTOR; John C. Pumssx B ATTORNEY.

the wagon by movements of his body simulating Patented Oct. 22, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT- EOFFICE" 1 Claim.

The present invention relates to toy vehicles, and the primary object in view is to devise a child's wagon in which the novelty consists in providing means whereby the rider may propel those of a jockey riding a horse.

For this purpose I provide a construction in which a yielding seat is provided for the rider, and the movements of said seat are transmitted through suitable connections to one of the axles of the wagon for propelling the same.

In carrying out the construction, the same takes the form of a wagon having suitable steering means for the front wheels, while the axle of the rear wheels is provided with driving connections to a yieldingly supporting seat, whereby movements of the rider simulating those of a jockey will operate the driving connections to propel the wagon. Preferably, suitable adjusting means are also provided in the connections to the drive axle for varying the pull of the spring.

With the foregoing general objects in view, the

invention will now be described by reference to the accompanying drawing illustrating suitable forms of embodiment of the proposed improve-- Figure 3 is a vertical section view, representing a section taken on the line 33 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view of the rear end portion of a wagon showing a modified form of construction.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the im-.

proved construction is illustrated as comprising a pair of front steering wheels 5 and a pair of rear propelling wheels 6 :Iournaled on axles I and 8, respectively, beneath the front and rear end portions of a suitable platform 9. Any'practical form of steering means may be provided for the front wheels'l, suchas a rearwardly projecting arm I 0 having a handle ll adjacent to the rider's seat It, the forward end of said arm being supported on the upper end of a post at the front end of the wagon, where said, arm III is attached by means of an elbow l5 to a yoke l6 connecting opposite ends of the axle I; this axle in turn is supported in-a bearing I! carried by the lower end of the vertical post I and suitably anchored by means of a bracket arm 20 attached to the under face of the platform 9, as well as by lateral braces i3 connecting with a plate i9. supported on the shoulder M of the bolt i4, all as clearly illustrated in Figure 1. The parts l5 and 5 56 of this construction thus provide a bumper arrangement at the front end of the wagon.

The-seat I2 is secured to the free rear end of a relatively stiff supporting spring.2l, the forward end of which is secured to the front end of the 10 platform 9, with the spring extending at an upward slope towards the rear in position to support the seat l2 a suitable distance above the rear end portion of said platform, as represented in Figure 1. To the under face of the seat I2 is 15 attached a bracket 22 providing a hinge pin 23 for pivotal attachment to the operating connections for the rear axle 8, said connections'com prising a pair of links 24 having a series of open- I ings 25 for adjustable connection by means of 20 bolts 26. lf'he lower link 24 extends through an opening 21 in the platform 9 and at its lower end is provided with a ball bearing connection 28 with a crank arm 29 at the middle portion of the rear axle 8', the latter being journaled in brackets 25 30' depending from the under face of the platform 9 and suitably braced by arms 3|.

A step or foot rest-33 is provided at each side I of the platform 9 between the front and rear wheels, at a'proper height for the support of the 30 feet of the rider and enabling him to relieve the seat l2 of his weight in the upward movement of the seat, as indicated by the dotted lines in Figure 1.

In the operation of the construction for pro- 35 pelling the wagon, the rider takes his position on the seat l2 with his feet resting on the steps 33, and rolls the wagon until the crank 28 is forward past center, when his weight will rotate the axle and propel the wagon forwardly. On 40 movement of the crank rearwardly past center, the rider throws his weight forward as 'much as necessary to relieve the seat of his weight (sup- 'porting himself by means of the steps 33), wherepropulsion for a given rate of propelling action as transmitted from the seat. This gearing comprises a pinion 35 on the axle 8', driven by a gear wheel 36 secured to a crankshaft 31 mounted in a bearing structure 38 and operated by the connections 24' from the seat H; the opening 21' for said links 24 is located sufflciently forward of the axle 8 for the pin-pose. It will be understood that the operation is substantially the same as before, excepting that the crank is simply positioned for starting the forward propulsion by backward rotation of the gear wheel 36, as indicated by the arrow in said Figure 4.

It will therefore be apparent that I have devised a practical and unique toy device for the accomplishment of the desired purposes of my invention, in which the child can emciently propel the vehicle by an up and down movement upon the ,seat l2, in a manner simulating the well known movement of a jockey, and that the same is well adapted to fumish both amusement and healthful exercise for the rider. It may also be noted that the tension or the spring 2| may be readily adjusted by appropriate manipulations of what is now regarded as a practical and efilcient 6 form of construction for the embodiment of the proposed improvements, I desire to be understood 7 as reserving theright to make whatever changes or modifications may-fairly fall within the scope of the appended claim. I 10 Having described my invention, what I claim to be new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A jockey wagon comprising a platform provided with propelling, wheels, astiflf supporting spring secured to the front end of said platform and projecting rearwardly in upwardly inclined position, a seat carried by the free rear end of said spring, and operating connections from said seat for transmitting .a propelling action to said wheels, said operating connections comprising 20 relatively adjustable elements for varying the height of said seat as well as correspondingly adjusting the tension of said supporting spring.

' JOHN C. .RUMSEY. 

